Hospital and Health System Executive Moves (April 2010)

Todd Steward has been named CEO of St. David’s HealthCare’s South Austin Medical Center in Texas. Mr. Steward had previously been CEO of North Suburban Medical Center in Denver, Colo., for six years.

Novant Health has appointed Melissa Robson as CEO of one-hospital Prince William Health System in Manassas, Va. Ms. Robson is currently COO of 268-bed Rowan Regional Medical Center, a Novant hospital in Salisbury, N.C.

Hospital Sisters Health System and the board of directors of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wis., named Joan Coffman as incoming president and CEO. Ms. Coffman has served as COO at St. Joseph’s for the past two years.

Catholic Health East has promoted John Johnson, CEO of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Mercy Hospital in Miami, to executive vice president of ministry operation for the health system. Holy Cross COO Patrick Taylor, MD, will be promoted to president and COO of Holy Cross, while Mercy COO Manuel Anton III, MD, will serve as president and COO for that hospital.

Becky Speight, FHFMA, CPA, has been named as the new CFO of Bailey Medical Center in Owasso, Okla. Ms. Speight most recently served as CFO of Henryetta (Okla.) Medical Center, part of Hillcrest HealthCare System, which manages Bailey Medical Center.

HealthEast Care System has named Tom Schmitt as the new CEO at its Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury, Minn.

Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., has announced it has hired Richard Robinson as its new CEO. Mr. Robinson most recently served as CEO of Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Lake Charles, La.

Roger Longenderfer, CEO of Harrisburg, Pa.- based PinnacleHealth System, has announced he will retire at the end of June. Mr. Longenderfer has been with Pinnacle since 1998 and served as CEO since 2001.

Mayo Health System, based in Rochester, Minn., has named Robert Nesse, MD, as its new CEO. Dr. Nesse served as CEO of Franciscan Skemp Healthcare-Mayo Health System in La Crosse, Wis., for seven years. He will now oversee the 70 locations the health system has in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

Larry Ainsworth, president and CEO of St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., announced his retirement, effective June 30.

Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield, Maine, has named Victoria Alexander-Lane as its new president and CEO.

Novi, Mich.-based Trinity Health has named Benjamin Carter as its new CFO. Mr. Carter will oversee the finances of the 44-hospital Catholic health system. He has served as COO of Detroit Medical Center since 2005.

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